Anyone HATCHING?!?!? Newbie's and addicts WELCOME!!!! Hatch Calendar page 1!!!!

[Melissa Rose]

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I think layer is bad for chicklets! The extra Calcium causes problems. I use Chick starter from Purina and sometimes the Naturewise products. If your humidity goes to low try draping a damp towel over the bater before opening it to keep the humidity up until you can get a sponge in or water. This was a suggestion from a lady here and she had really good results doing that. I have the opposite problem - our humidity can be too high for incubation!

 

[Melissa Rose]

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waiting for pics

 

[bikerchic]

I sold 9 birds Saturday. 4 silkies and 5 from my LF group. I really needed room in my coop and I had a group of giant cochins I called the housewives because they would never go outside! I sold 3 pullets and a cockeral from them. My coop looks empty now!!

 

[Melissa Rose]

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Oh silkieMom I am so sorry

Hopefully the new incubator will stop the problem hatches! Don't give up though

!!!! Have you candled to see if they have piped internally? I have a problem down here with my humidity being too high during incubating and my chicks are too large to zip sometimes! I even try to dry incubate

Some say help and others say don't but I think if it's just a matter of the chicks being too large to zip then helping is not so bad

! I'm looking forward to a broody here in the future

 

[Melissa Rose]

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Have you seen all the goodies for sale on the auction thread?

 

[Melissa Rose]

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Could it be a double yolker?

 

[bikerchic]

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Have you seen all the goodies for sale on the auction thread?

I haunt that auction site like an addicted person (which I am). I set and dream of colored eggs and larger coops! (Which I WILL have) I drool all over my phone and tell myself that my incubators are full, I have 3 tubs of peeps in my dining room, a hospital ward in my spare bedroom, and a DH ready to send me to a padded cell (already reserved). Then I frantically write down dates of hatches and try to figure out ship dates to see which ones I can bid on . . . . .

 

[dwegg]

I know, I know...must stay away from auction!!!! I just received a beautiful package of 24 CJ silkie eggs but realized that i have too many chickens for my city place so i gave them to Nancy (Bargain) to hatch and keep...

 

[Melissa Rose]

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Hi Darren

I just had the lovely pleasure of talking to Nancy on the phone a couple of days ago

What a beautiful person she is

It was nice to have a lovely voice to add to her beautiful pic

 

[dwegg]

i know...she is a very sweet person and I was more than happy to give her those eggs as an early christmas present...Nancy also gave me some preserves, bread, honey and lettuce from her farm...yum!